Anagārikā Kusalā

Anagārikā Kusalā (Lori Elling), a native Canadian, joined the Sati Sārāņīya Hermitage community as a steward in the summer of 2018. Originally from Edmonton, she lived in Vancouver for many years where she met Ayyā Nimmalā and joined her support network.

She served for short periods at Dhammadharini Monastery and Aranya Bodhi Hermitage in Northern California and, in 2016, she spent one year as a steward at Birken Forest Monastery.